Workers Reject Tentative Contract, Go on Strike Against Pilots Union
Posted on: Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 15:06 CDT
By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 16--Delta Air Lines recently avoided a pilots strike, but the pilots union hasn't been quite as lucky in dealing with its own workers.
Air Line Pilots Association offices in Atlanta, Washington and elsewhere remained closed Monday after a union for 114 secretaries and other office workers rejected a tentative contract and went on strike Friday.
"The irony isn't lost on us," said Pete Janhunen, a spokesman in ALPA's national office. "We're a union, but we're also an employer."
Representatives of the Union of ALPA Professionals and Administrative Employees, Unit 2, could not be reached for comment.
Janhunen said ALPA's Washington headquarters, along with local ALPA offices for pilots at Delta, Atlantic Southeast Airlines and numerous other carriers are affected. Union lawyers and other professionals are working from other locations on "core" issues such as Delta's bankruptcy proceedings, he said.
ALPA's clerical workers rejected a three-year deal with "modest" pay raises but higher health care costs, according to Janhunen. The 62,000-member ALPA has had to tighten its belt after its dues declined about 20 percent during the industry's hard times in recent years, he noted, adding that ALPA can't afford to budge much from the rejected pact.
Delta pilots, meanwhile, start voting this week on a strike-averting tentative agreement that extends a 14 percent wage cut and makes other concessions valued at $280 million annually.
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